2022 Cleveland Guardians season

2022 Cleveland Guardians
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Larry Dolan
Managers	Terry Francona
Television	Bally Sports Great Lakes (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Guardians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus)
Seasons

The 2022 Cleveland Guardians season is the 122nd season for the franchise. This is the team's first season as the Cleveland Guardians, following the franchise's name change in light of the Cleveland Indians name and logo controversy. The team opened their regular season on April 7, 2022, on the road against the Kansas City Royals, and are scheduled to finish the season on October 5 at home, also against the Royals.

On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, the MLB and MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, ending the lockout. Opening Day was scheduled for April 7. Although MLB previously announced that several series would be cancelled due to the lockout, the agreement provides for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders.

Offseason

Lockout

Main article: 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021 with no new agreement in place. As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lockout the players stopping all free agency and trades.

The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022.

Rule changes

Pursuant to the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League will adopt the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery will be implemented, the postseason will expand from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches will appear on player uniforms and helmets for the first time.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	92	70	.568	—	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	11	37‍–‍44	44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	14	46‍–‍35	32‍–‍49
Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	26	36‍–‍46	30‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	27	39‍–‍42	26‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	106	56	.654
New York Yankees	99	63	.611
Cleveland Guardians	92	70	.568

Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	92	70	.568	+6
Seattle Mariners	90	72	.556	+4
Tampa Bay Rays	86	76	.531	—
Baltimore Orioles	83	79	.512	3
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	5
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	8
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	8
Los Angeles Angels	73	89	.451	13
Texas Rangers	68	94	.420	18
Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	20
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	21
Oakland Athletics	60	102	.370	26

Game log

2022 Game Log: 16–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–11)
April: 9–12 (Home: 3–3; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 April 7 @ Royals 1–3 Barlow (1–0) McKenzie (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 28,459 0–1 L1 2 April 9 @ Royals 0–1 (10) Snider (1–0) Clase (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 17,103 0–2 L2 3 April 10 @ Royals 17–3 Quantrill (1–0) Bubic (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 20,165 1–2 W1 4 April 11 @ Royals 10–7 Allen (1–0) Brentz (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 8,971 2–2 W2 5 April 12 @ Reds 10–5 Stephan (1–0) Strickland (0–1) — Great American Ball Park 43,036 3–2 W3 6 April 13 @ Reds 7–3 Morgan (1–0) Lodolo (0–1) — Great American Ball Park 10,976 4–2 W4 7 April 15 Giants 1–4 Rodón (1-0) Plesac (0-1) Doval (2) Progressive Field 33,469 4–3 L1 8 April 16 Giants 2–4 Leone (1-0) Sandlin (0-1) McGee (1) Progressive Field 13,187 4–4 L2 9 April 17 Giants 1–8 Wood (1–0) Civale (0–1) — Progressive Field 9,620 4–5 L3 — April 18 White Sox Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup July 12 — April 19 White Sox Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup April 20 10 April 20 (1) White Sox 11–1 Bieber (1–0) Keuchel (1–1) — Progressive Field see 2nd game 5–5 W1 11 April 20 (2) White Sox 2–1 Gose (1–0) Lambert (0–2) Clase (1) Progressive Field 9,196 6–5 W2 12 April 21 White Sox 6–3 Plesac (1–1) Cease (2–1) Clase (2) Progressive Field 8,345 7–5 W3 13 April 22 @ Yankees 1–4 Taillon (1–1) Morgan (1–1) Chapman (4) Yankee Stadium 41,062 7–6 L1 14 April 23 @ Yankees 4–5 Castro (1–0) Clase (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 39,180 7–7 L2 15 April 24 @ Yankees 2–10 Cole (1–0) Civale (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 39,050 7–8 L3 16 April 25 @ Angels 0–3 Lorenzen (2–1) Bieber (1–1) Iglesias (3) Angel Stadium 23,099 7–9 L4 17 April 26 @ Angels 1–4 Sandoval (1–0) McKenzie (0–2) Iglesias (4) Angel Stadium 22,551 7–10 L5 18 April 27 @ Angels 5–9 Ohtani (2–2) Plesac (1–2) — Angel Stadium 28,557 7–11 L6 19 April 28 @ Angels 1–4 Detmers (1–1) Quantrill (1–1) Iglesias (5) Angel Stadium 18,826 7–12 L7 20 April 29 @ Athletics 9–8 Stephan (2–0) Acevedo (0–1) Clase (3) Oakland Coliseum 12,910 8–12 W1 21 April 30 @ Athletics 3–1 Sandlin (1–1) Jiménez (1–1) Clase (4) Oakland Coliseum 6,707 9–12 W2
May: 7–4 (Home: 4–2; Away: 3–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 22 May 1 @ Athletics 7–3 McKenzie (1–2) Kaprielian (0–1) — Oakland Coliseum 14,945 10–12 W3 — May 3 Padres Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup May 4 23 May 4 (1) Padres 4–5 Crismatt (1–0) Plesac (1–3) Rogers (10) Progressive Field see 2nd game 10–13 L1 24 May 4 (2) Padres 6–5 (10) Sandlin (2–1) Lamet (0–1) — Progressive Field 10,244 11–13 W1 25 May 5 Blue Jays 6–5 Civale (1–2) Berríos (2–1) Clase (5) Progressive Field 9,104 12–13 W2 26 May 6 Blue Jays Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup May 7 26 May 7 (1) Blue Jays 3–8 Gausman (3–1) Bieber (1–2) — Progressive Field see 2nd game 12–14 L1 27 May 7 (2) Blue Jays 8–2 McKenzie (2–2) Stripling (0–1) — Progressive Field 16,819 13–14 W1 28 May 8 Blue Jays 4–3 Shaw (1–0) Cimber (4–2) Clase (6) Progressive Field 14,787 14–14 W2 29 May 9 @ White Sox 12–9 (11) Clase (1–2) Burr (0–1) Stephan (1) Guaranteed Rate Field 17,168 15-14 W3 30 May 10 @ White Sox 1–4 Giolito (2–1) Quantrill (1–2) Graveman (2) Guaranteed Rate Field 16,025 15–15 L1 — May 11 @ White Sox Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup July 23 31 May 13 @ Twins 8–12 Jax (3–0) Civale (1–3) — Target Field 18,711 15–16 L2 32 May 14 @ Twins 3–2 (10) Sandlin (3–1) Cotton (0–1) Clase (7) Target Field 22,939 16–16 W1 33 May 15 @ Twins – — Target Field – 34 May 17 Reds – — Progressive Field – 35 May 18 Reds – — Progressive Field – 36 May 20 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 37 May 21 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 38 May 22 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 39 May 23 @ Astros – — Minute Maid Park – 40 May 24 @ Astros – — Minute Maid Park – 41 May 25 @ Astros – — Minute Maid Park – 42 May 26 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 43 May 27 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 44 May 28 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 45 May 29 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 46 May 30 Royals – — Progressive Field – 47 May 31 Royals – — Progressive Field –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 48 June 1 Royals – — Progressive Field – 49 June 3 @ Orioles – — Camden Yards – 50 June 4 @ Orioles – — Camden Yards – 51 June 5 @ Orioles – — Camden Yards – 52 June 6 Rangers – — Progressive Field – 53 June 7 Rangers – — Progressive Field – 54 June 8 Rangers – — Progressive Field – 55 June 9 Athletics – — Progressive Field – 56 June 10 Athletics – — Progressive Field – 57 June 11 Athletics – — Progressive Field – 58 June 12 Athletics – — Progressive Field – 59 June 14 @ Rockies – — Coors Field – 60 June 15 @ Rockies – — Coors Field – 61 June 16 @ Rockies – — Coors Field – 62 June 17 @ Dodgers – — Dodger Stadium – 63 June 18 @ Dodgers – — Dodger Stadium – 64 June 19 @ Dodgers – — Dodger Stadium – 65 June 21 @ Twins – — Target Field – 66 June 22 @ Twins – — Target Field – 67 June 23 @ Twins – — Target Field – 68 June 24 Red Sox – — Progressive Field – 69 June 25 Red Sox – — Progressive Field – 70 June 26 Red Sox – — Progressive Field – 71 June 27 Twins – — Progressive Field – 72 June 28 (1) Twins – — Progressive Field – 73 June 28 (2) Twins – — Progressive Field – 74 June 29 Twins – — Progressive Field – 75 June 30 Twins – — Progressive Field –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 76 July 1 Yankees – — Progressive Field – 77 July 2 Yankees – — Progressive Field – 78 July 3 Yankees – — Progressive Field – 79 July 4 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 80 July 5 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 81 July 6 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 82 July 8 @ Royals – — Kauffman Stadium – 83 July 9 @ Royals – — Kauffman Stadium – 84 July 10 @ Royals – — Kauffman Stadium – 85 July 11 White Sox – — Progressive Field – 86 July 12 (1) White Sox – — Progressive Field – 87 July 12 (2) White Sox – — Progressive Field – 88 July 13 White Sox – — Progressive Field – 89 July 15 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 90 July 16 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 91 July 17 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 92nd All-Star Game: Los Angeles, CA 92 July 22 @ White Sox – — Guaranteed Rate Field – 93 July 23 (1) @ White Sox – — Guaranteed Rate Field – 94 July 23 (2) @ White Sox – — Guaranteed Rate Field – 95 July 24 @ White Sox – — Guaranteed Rate Field – 96 July 25 @ Red Sox – — Fenway Park – 97 July 26 @ Red Sox – — Fenway Park – 98 July 27 @ Red Sox – — Fenway Park – 99 July 28 @ Red Sox – — Fenway Park – 100 July 29 @ Rays – — Tropicana Field – 101 July 30 @ Rays – — Tropicana Field – 102 July 31 @ Rays – — Tropicana Field –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 103 August 1 Diamondbacks – — Progressive Field – 104 August 2 Diamondbacks – — Progressive Field – 105 August 3 Diamondbacks – — Progressive Field – 106 August 4 Astros – — Progressive Field – 107 August 5 Astros – — Progressive Field – 108 August 6 Astros – — Progressive Field – 109 August 7 Astros – — Progressive Field – 110 August 9 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 111 August 10 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 112 August 11 @ Tigers – — Comerica Park – 113 August 12 @ Blue Jays – — Rogers Centre – 114 August 13 @ Blue Jays – — Rogers Centre – 115 August 14 @ Blue Jays – — Rogers Centre – 116 August 15 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 117 August 16 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 118 August 17 Tigers – — Progressive Field – 119 August 19 White Sox – — Progressive Field – 120 August 20 White Sox – — Progressive Field – 121 August 21 White Sox – — Progressive Field – 122 August 23 @ Padres – — Petco Park – 123 August 24 @ Padres – — Petco Park – 124 August 25 @ Mariners – — T-Mobile Park – 125 August 26 @ Mariners – — T-Mobile Park – 126 August 27 @ Mariners – — T-Mobile Park – 127 August 28 @ Mariners – — T-Mobile Park – 128 August 30 Orioles – — Progressive Field – 129 August 31 Orioles – — Progressive Field –
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 130 September 1 Orioles – — Progressive Field – 131 September 2 Mariners – — Progressive Field – 132 September 3 Mariners – — Progressive Field – 133 September 4 Mariners – — Progressive Field – 134 September 5 @ Royals – — Kauffman Stadium – 135 September 6 @ Royals – — Kauffman Stadium – 136 September 7 @ Royals – — Kauffman Stadium – 137 September 9 @ Twins – — Target Field – 138 September 10 @ Twins – — Target Field – 139 September 11 @ Twins – — Target Field – 140 September 12 Angels – — Progressive Field – 141 September 13 Angels – — Progressive Field – 142 September 14 Angels – — Progressive Field – 143 September 16 Twins – — Progressive Field – 146 September 17 (1) Twins – — Progressive Field – 145 September 17 (2) Twins – — Progressive Field – 146 September 18 Twins – — Progressive Field – 147 September 19 Twins – — Progressive Field – 148 September 20 @ White Sox – — Guaranteed Rate Field – 149 September 21 @ White Sox – — Guaranteed Rate Field – 150 September 22 @ White Sox – — Guaranteed Rate Field – 151 September 23 @ Rangers – — Globe Life Field – 152 September 24 @ Rangers – — Globe Life Field – 153 September 25 @ Rangers – — Globe Life Field – 154 September 27 Rays – — Progressive Field – 155 September 28 Rays – — Progressive Field – 156 September 29 Rays – — Progressive Field – 157 September 30 Royals – — Progressive Field –
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 158 October 1 Royals – — Progressive Field – 159 October 2 Royals – — Progressive Field – 160 October 3 Royals – — Progressive Field – 161 October 4 Royals – — Progressive Field – 162 October 5 Royals – — Progressive Field –
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Guardians team member

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Gabriel Arias	2	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	.125	0
Bobby Bradley	8	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	.118	0
Yu Chang	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ernie Clement	20	51	7	10	3	0	0	3	.196	0
Andrés Giménez	29	89	12	29	5	2	3	20	.326	2
Austin Hedges	25	77	8	13	0	0	3	7	.169	1
Steven Kwan	26	92	19	27	6	1	1	13	.293	1
Bryan Lavastida	6	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.083	0
Luke Maile	5	14	3	4	4	0	0	2	.286	0
Oscar Mercado	28	77	9	16	4	1	4	15	.208	1
Owen Miller	26	90	21	28	11	0	3	13	.311	0
Josh Naylor	20	72	10	25	4	0	5	22	.347	0
Richie Palacios	9	27	0	7	1	0	0	2	.259	0
Jose Ramirez	32	120	19	35	8	2	7	32	.292	3
Franmil Reyes	28	112	9	24	1	0	3	11	.214	0
Amed Rosario	28	113	13	27	2	2	0	8	.239	1
Myles Straw	32	120	23	29	6	1	0	4	.242	8
Totals	32	1098	156	278	55	9	29	153	.253	17

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Logan Allen	1	0	4.50	4	0	0	6.0	3	3	3	6
Shane Bieber	1	2	3.72	7	7	0	38.2	17	16	12	36
Anthony Castro	0	0	4.05	6	0	0	6.2	5	3	3	9
Aaron Civale	1	3	9.85	6	6	0	24.2	30	27	8	27
Emmanuel Clase	1	2	2.70	15	0	7	13.1	6	4	3	12
Enyel De Los Santos	0	0	4.26	7	0	0	6.1	3	3	5	11
Anthony Gose	1	0	5.23	11	0	0	10.1	7	6	6	14
Sam Hentges	0	0	1.29	12	0	0	14.0	2	2	2	18
Kirk McCarty	0	0	12.00	1	0	0	3.0	4	4	2	3
Triston McKenzie	2	2	2.76	6	5	0	29.1	9	9	9	30
Eli Morgan	1	1	3.68	7	1	0	14.2	6	6	3	16
Konnor Pilkington	0	0	2.08	4	1	0	8.2	2	2	4	11
Zach Plesac	1	3	4.68	6	6	0	32.2	21	17	10	20
Cal Quantrill	1	2	3.93	6	6	0	34.1	17	15	15	20
Nick Sandlin	3	1	3.65	12	0	0	12.1	5	5	8	6
Bryan Shaw	0	0	5.91	15	0	0	10.2	7	7	5	4
Trevor Stephan	2	0	1.20	14	0	1	15.0	3	2	3	16
Tanner Tully	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0
Totals	16	16	4.20	32	32	8	282.2	149	132	102	259

Current roster

Cleveland Guardians 2025 spring training roster
40-man roster				Non-roster invitees		Coaches/Other
Pitchers 92 Franco Alemán 41 Logan Allen 60 Pedro Ávila 28 Tanner Bibee 54 Joey Cantillo 48 Emmanuel Clase 94 Nic Enright 66 Daniel Espino 33 Hunter Gaddis 31 Sam Hentges 29 Tim Herrin 39 Ben Lively 24 Triston McKenzie -- Doug Nikhazy 62 Erik Sabrowski 52 Nick Sandlin 36 Cade Smith 37 Trevor Stephan 63 Andrew Walters 32 Gavin Williams		Catchers  6 David Fry 27 Austin Hedges 23 Bo Naylor Infielders 13 Gabriel Arias 74 Juan Brito  0 Andrés Giménez  9 Kyle Manzardo 22 Josh Naylor 11 José Ramírez  4 Brayan Rocchio 10 Daniel Schneemann Outfielders 17 Will Brennan  2 Tyler Freeman 89 Petey Halpin 38 Steven Kwan  1 Ángel Martínez 43 Jhonkensy Noel 30 Johnathan Rodríguez  8 Lane Thomas		Pitchers -- Parker Mushinski Outfielders 76 George Valera		Manager 12 Stephen Vogt Coaches 55 Craig Albernaz (associate manager) 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base/catching) 50 Kai Correa (field coordinator/defense/base running) 85 Jason Esposito (assistant hitting) -- Grant Fink (hitting) 81 Brad Goldberg (bullpen) 84 J. T. Maguire (outfield/base running) 53 Rouglas Odor (third base/infield) 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher) 83 Dan Puente (assistant hitting) 72 Eric Rodríguez (bullpen catcher) 86 Joe Torres (assistant pitching) -- Josh Tubbs (hitting analyst) 51 Carl Willis (pitching) 39 active, 0 inactive, 2 non-roster invitees 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list * Not on active roster † Suspended list Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated November 25, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Andy Tracy
AA	Akron RubberDucks	Eastern League	Rouglas Odor
High-A	Lake County Captains	Midwest League	Greg DiCenzo
Low–A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Omir Santos
Rookie	ACL Guardians	Arizona Complex League	Jordan R. Smith
Rookie	DSL Guardians Blue	Dominican Summer League	Jesús Tavárez
Rookie	DSL Guardians Red	Dominican Summer League	Carlos Fermin

External links

• Cleveland Guardians 2022 Schedule at MLB.com